Tis' the season QUIZ

1.Best Christmas Ever?

2.Best Gift ever?

3.Worst gift ever?

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of?

5.Snow or no snow?

6.Turkey or ham?

7.Real tree, or artificial?

8.Stay home or visit others?

9.Favorite holiday food?

10. Favorite holiday drink?

11.Favorite Christmas carol?

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party?

13.What is your holiday tradition?

14.Angel or star atop your tree?

15.Do you re-gift?

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents?

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe?

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake?

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1.Best Christmas Ever? Any before I was 10.....after that, the "mystique" of Christmas seems to fade a bit

2.Best Gift ever? A cocker spaniel when I was 8

3.Worst gift ever? A fruitcake from my grandmother

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of? My uncle's wife.....she is horrible

5.Snow or no snow? I'd love snow (but I live in South Georgia, have since I was 4, and only one slightly "White Christmas" in the 28 years I've been here)

6.Turkey or ham? Ham

7.Real tree, or artificial? Real

8.Stay home or visit others? Visit others.....I have to

9.Favorite holiday food? My grandmother's dressing

10. Favorite holiday drink? Spiked cider

11.Favorite Christmas carol? Grandma Got Runover By A Reindeer

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party? Yep

13.What is your holiday tradition? Getting through it without killing a relative or seriously hurting one or going off verbally on one

14.Angel or star atop your tree? Neither

15.Do you re-gift? No....it's tacky

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents? No

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe? Yep

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake? No....does anyone??

1.Best Christmas Ever?
I haven't had it yet. Maybe next year.

2.Best Gift ever?
Sold my house for a nice amount and deposited a fat cheque to my bank account.

3.Worst gift ever?
My ex's idea of a family oriented gift...a weight lifting bench.WTF?

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of?
HAHAHA..NONE anymore.

5.Snow or no snow?
SNOW..is a dirty 4 letter word.

6.Turkey or ham?
Turkey usually, but some years I have made both.

7.Real tree, or artificial?
Depends on my "Christmas Spirit". This year, artificial.

8.Stay home or visit others?
Stay home..ALWAYS.

9.Favorite holiday food?
50/50 split between turkey & pumpkin pie.

10. Favorite holiday drink?
Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger ale.

11.Favorite Christmas carol?
SILVER & GOLD by BURL IVES

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party?
NOPE

13.What is your holiday tradition?
Open stockings first, then breakfast, then other presents under the tree.

14.Angel or star atop your tree?
Star

15.Do you re-gift?
No, but I have bought un-opened items at yard sales and gifted them.

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents?
NO, too impersonal.

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe?
No.

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake?
YES! I actually do. I miss my mom's home made dark fruitcake. But a close second is the cakes sold by the Shriners with sweet vanilla icing on top.

1.Best Christmas Ever?
No single Christmas stands out to me. Probably when I was a child... but the first Christmas after I joined the Military was good too.

2.Best Gift ever?
Sports Talk Football

3.Worst gift ever?
My grandma accidentally put my name on a gift that she intended for my mom. I wasn't sure why she thought I would like pantyhose, so I was a tad confused.

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of?
None really. We moved away, so there isn't much forced endurance going on. Only if we choose to go back home to we ever have to endure anything.

5.Snow or no snow?
I love snow but we rarely get any.

6.Turkey or ham?
Turkey.

7.Real tree, or artificial?
Real

8.Stay home or visit others?
50/50 but I prefer to stay home.

9.Favorite holiday food?
Stuffing.

10. Favorite holiday drink?
Regular old egg nog.

11.Favorite Christmas carol?
The piano song from A Charlie Brown Christmas. I think it is "Christmas Time is Here".

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party?
We used to. Good food, but I don't like to go.

13.What is your holiday tradition?
Other than the holiday itself?

14.Angel or star atop your tree?
Star.

15.Do you re-gift?
Occasionally.

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents?
Occasionally.

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe?
I have kissed someone under the mistletoe.

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake?
No but I never GET fruitcake either.

1.Best Christmas Ever?
1996-the last Christmas I had with my mom.

2.Best Gift ever?
It was a little stuffed animal from "santa" that I found in the tree 2 hrs. after my siblings and I finished opening gifts. HA! They were so jealous. AND anything that my kids made.

3.Worst gift ever?
The clothes that my husband picked out last year. Every year I tell him, don't get my any clothes.

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of?
Can't pick just one out of the in-law category. (My sister in law excluded...I love her)

5.Snow or no snow?
Pleeeeese......snow!

6.Turkey or ham?
Ham

7.Real tree, or artificial?
As of three years ago....artificial.

8.Stay home or visit others?
Every other year to the in-laws. Every other year at my house with my side........the happy drinking side.

9.Favorite holiday food?
Homemade chicken and noodles.

10. Favorite holiday drink?
Fountain coke.............and hypnotiqs.

11.Favorite Christmas carol?
"The Magi (The Heart of a Man's Palace)" By: Peter, Paul and Mary

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party?
Uh, that would be my child's school party. lol

13.What is your holiday tradition?
We have several. Most fun is "noodle making" day with the kids including all the neices and nephews. My whole house will be covered in flour.

14.Angel or star atop your tree?
Bow

15.Do you re-gift?
Never

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents?
Sometimes. That's all the teens want.

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe?
In the real world? lmao But, yes.

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake?
ICK!

1.Best Christmas Ever? Christmas of 1976 because my parents were going through a tough time financially and we didn't get much that year but the love and fun we had was much better than any present.

2.Best Gift ever? My wife under the tree with just a red bow.

3.Worst gift ever? I can't think of any gift being bad.

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of? I have no one for that either.

5.Snow or no snow? I want lots of snow.

6.Turkey or ham? Turkey

7.Real tree, or artificial? Artificial for us.

8.Stay home or visit others? Visit others.

9.Favorite holiday food? Pumpkin pie.

10. Favorite holiday drink? Just a good coca cola will do it for me.

11.Favorite Christmas carol? "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire"

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party? Yes

13.What is your holiday tradition? Family

14.Angel or star atop your tree? Right now our tree touches the ceiling but usually an Angel.

15.Do you re-gift? No

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents? No gift cards ever.

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe? All the time.

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake?

OK, either I am the only heathen on here that would ever "re-gift" or people aren't admitting it...

For those of you that are so anti re-gifting, do you think it is more appropriate to throw away a gift that you would never use than pass it on to someone that you think might actually enjoy said gift? I guess I don't understand why everyone is so offended by the notion.

Originally posted by Karlhungis
OK, either I am the only heathen on here that would ever "re-gift" or people aren't admitting it...

For those of you that are so anti re-gifting, do you think it is more appropriate to throw away a gift that you would never use than pass it on to someone that you think might actually enjoy said gift? I guess I don't understand why everyone is so offended by the notion.

The very odd time I got something I couldn't or wouldn't use, I sold it in next years yard sale or donated it to charity.
I have also though, if my one of my children received two of the same gift, I would let them keep one, and I would put the other away for the inevitable birthday party invitations that come throughout the year.
I don't re-gift a Christmas present, for another Christmas though. To small a family and too easily spotted.
When I was a kid though, my family had a specific "JOKE" present, that was re-gifted every year to someone different.(Usually past between my mom and my 5 aunts). It was a pair of white long johns...THE BIGGEST SIZE POSSIBLE...that my aunt had decorated with a big red satin heart on the "bottom" and red tassels all around the legs. You never knew who was going to receive it, but it was a good laugh Christmas morning for all especially when all the women would wait by the phone to find out who got it this year.

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OK, so I think it is more of an issue with everyone's own personal definition of what they consider re-gifting to be. I think we are pretty much on the same page. I wouldn't re-gift in the same circles where the original gifter would ever see it. Unless of course I knew that they wouldn't mind and had no attachment to the gift.

Yeah, Christmas Quiz!!

1.Best Christmas Ever? Not the last one.

2.Best Gift ever? my children's art at school.

3.Worst gift ever? I don't remember, but it was probably a re-gift.

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of? SIL

5.Snow or no snow? yes, snow please.

6.Turkey or ham? Ham

7.Real tree, or artificial? why not both?

8.Stay home or visit others? Both.

9.Favorite holiday food? pumpkin pie

10. Favorite holiday drink? egg nog

11.Favorite Christmas carol? Deck the halls?

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party?

13.What is your holiday tradition? Stockings are a big deal.

14.Angel or star atop your tree? Star

15.Do you re-gift? sometimes

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents? no

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe? no

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake? hell no


lmao RUSH! good thread.

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1.Best Christmas Ever? All 60 have been good.

2.Best Gift ever? Anything home made.

3.Worst gift ever? Haven't had a bad one yet.

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of? None

5.Snow or no snow? Would like snow but no chance on these sandy beaches.

6.Turkey or ham? Both and seafood

7.Real tree, or artificial? Both...have them outside and inside house. Buy a real living tree every year and plant it after Christmas.

8.Stay home or visit others? Stay home..family comes to my house.

9.Favorite holiday food? Stuffing with cranberry sauce.

10. Favorite holiday drink? Christmas Glug


11.Favorite Christmas carol? I like them all.

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party? Did until I sold my business.

13.What is your holiday tradition? Family

14.Angel or star atop your tree? Star

15.Do you re-gift? NO

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents? For the teen girls this year.

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe? Of course, especially since I wear a sprig of it in my hair. LOL

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake? Love it and make a very good dark fruit cake.

Merry Christmas To All

1.Best Christmas Ever?
The whole family usually comes up to Alberta for Christmas, but over the past few years everyones been busy or unable to make the trip. When I was 16 we had the whole family come up to Alberta. It was great. 5 days of Dysfuncational-family Goodness.

Worst Christmas? The one before Last. Its the Christmas that Mom and Dad Separated. Litterally, on Christmas with a housefull of people eating dinner, they were on the deck having it out. It was also the day Dad had his first sip of Beer in 20 years, and Mom started Smoking again. Seriously? Worst Christmas Ever. They have since gotten back together, and this Christmas will be their first back together. *crosses fingers*

2.Best Gift ever?
The Kitchenaid Mixer I got last year.

3.Worst gift ever?
Pyjamma's that were too small (on purpose) to let me know I had gotten chunky over my first year of College. THANKS.

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of?
My Uncle. The Creepy one, don't shake your head, you KNOW who I'm talking about. You all have one. The one who married his way into your seemingly smart Auntie's life (and can't keep his pants on when he's out of town), and INSISTS you share the bottle of Wine with him.

5.Snow or no snow?
I used to like Snow, now I despise it. It would be perfect if there was snow on Christmas Day ONLY. And if it melted on Boxing Day.

6.Turkey or ham?
Neither, I'm a Vegetarian. But When I did eat meat, Smoked Turkey.

7.Real tree, or artificial?
Real is much nicer, the fresh Pine Scent....but Artificial is more practical. You can stick it in a box under the stairs and not look at it again till next year or pick up pine needles.

8.Stay home or visit others?
Stay Home. I like when people come up to my Parents House - however, this year I guess its considered visiting, as I don't live at home anymore.

9.Favorite holiday food?
Shortbread Cookies, Rum Balls, Almond Roca and Butter Tarts. Thats Considered Food Right?

10. Favorite holiday drink?
Oh, I love Eggnogg. But I don't drink it anymore. So I stick with the Usual - Apple Vodka or Red Wine.

11.Favorite Christmas carol?
Santa Baby, I saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause.

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party?
Yes. Although I'm not Staff anymore, I still got invited to go this year as I worked there over the Summer. SOOOO EXCITED FOR THAT!

13.What is your holiday tradition?
On the 23rd, I have dinner at my bestfriends house with her and her family. They're like my second family - they're normal.

On the evening 24th, everyone opens up one present.

On the 25th, Mom and I make a HUGE breakfast. Pancakes & Waffles, Bacon, Eggs, Fresh Fruit etc. Then we spend the day lazying around in our pyjamma's listening to the Jazz Christmas Station, playing cards, drinking, etc.

Then before and after Dinner we have a Family Jam Session (where Auntie & Uncle Play Guitar, I play Piano, My cousin plays the drums, Mom Plays the Spoons, NO JOKE) and a tribute to Grandpa who passed away (Everyone does a Shot of Vodka) Make Dinner: Usually Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Smoked Turkey & Ham (we usually have a house full), Steamed Vegetables, Stuffing, etc...

14.Angel or star atop your tree?
Star if we have it my way. Angel if Mom gets to the Box of decorations before me.

15.Do you re-gift?
Not on purpose.

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents?
Sometimes. It depends. For my Cousin - yes, because then he can pick out what he wants. He's at that age where its weird if i ask him what size his jeans are, even though he is like my brother.

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe?
Yes.

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake?
OMG NO. My Dads Mom for some reason, thinks that we love Fruitcake? I don't know why...but out of respect Dad ALWAYS has a piece and makes me have some too! I despise fruitcake. Oh well, he totally pays for it when she tires to tell him that "he likes Liver Sausage". He eats that too. He's not one to hurt anyone's feelings.

- Carrot




[edit on 11/30/2008 by CA_Orot]

Fun thread...star and flag for you!!!

1.Best Christmas Ever? I just dont know..Maybe this year, Its my first Christmas without my x and I will kind of miss her smile.

2.Best Gift ever? Ive be given so many but a few years ago my mom got me a two hundred dollar gift card to Barnes and Noble and I was so happy becuase I love to read.

3.Worst gift ever? I got some tighy whiteys..WTF...

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of? My oldest brother..we dont get along but younger bro should be home from overseas so we will probably gang up on him and give him a hard time as usual

5.Snow or no snow? Snow

6.Turkey or ham? Ham..I hate falling asleep after I eat turkey

7.Real tree, or artificial? usually real but too expensive to buy a real one this year

8.Stay home or visit others? I like to visit

9.Favorite holiday food? mashed potatoes

10. Favorite holiday drink? Egg Nogg

11.Favorite Christmas carol? Happy Christmas and Ill be home for Christmas

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party? Not this year..I just lost my job

13.What is your holiday tradition? I usually am away due to being in the Army but this year im officially a civilian so I will just sit back and enjoy the sights and sounds and maybe a bottle of something good!!

14.Angel or star atop your tree? Neither

15.Do you re-gift? hahaha...I almost did one year

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents? I do gift cards..Usually Best Buy or Am Ex

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe? No but my local bar just put some up and im going to take advantage it it....

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake? Oh yes

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you will be posting a picture of your tree for the 2008 BTS tree contest right?.....

www.belowtopsecret.com/forum/thread414400/pg1'

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You called your Uncles wife horrible..I love it....Im moving to South Gerogia soon, actually its SW Georgia and Im so excited to get out of NJ

I gave everybody a star so far because it was so nice read about you all...I smiled at Skeptics uncles wife who is horrible(lmao), Karl got pantyhouse..accidentally...riiiight..J/K Karl, Carrot has a weird uncle who like to take off his pants and share wine(umm creepy just a lil..lol), Dizzidame sold her business so no party for her employees..booooo..j/k, SolarSkye gets women as presents with bows under trees, hsur hated the clothes her husband picks out and accessdenied was pissed about a weight bench, yeah that is a crappy gift..I say WTF too.....Thanks for the smiles folks.....

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I took pics of my tree, but it's situated in a corner of my livingroom and I HATED the pic. You just can't see the true beauty of it in a picture. I'll try again.

Originally posted by cmd18B
I gave everybody a star so far because it was so nice read about you all...I smiled at Skeptics uncles wife who is horrible(lmao), Karl got pantyhouse..accidentally...riiiight..J/K Karl, Carrot has a weird uncle who like to take off his pants and share wine(umm creepy just a lil..lol), Dizzidame sold her business so no party for her employees..booooo..j/k, SolarSkye gets women as presents with bows under trees, hsur hated the clothes her husband picks out and accessdenied was pissed about a weight bench, yeah that is a crappy gift..I say WTF too.....Thanks for the smiles folks.....

Ditto to that.Everyone deserves a star at Christmas.

1.Best Christmas Ever? My very first one with my husband.

2.Best Gift ever? the carrot on my finger.

3.Worst gift ever? am extremely see through blouse. never even wore it.

4.Relative you are forced to endure the presence of? was mother in law.

5.Snow or no snow? love snow

6.Turkey or ham? ham

7.Real tree, or artificial? artificial

8.Stay home or visit others? love to stay home during the Holidays. but, i use to have to go to everybodys home. it was awful all the traveling around on the Holidays.

9.Favorite holiday food? apple pie

10. Favorite holiday drink? Coke

11.Favorite Christmas carol? Silent Night o and another one cant think of title but they always play it around Christmas about the man and woman met at store use to be lovers. she dropped her purse and they talked through the night till the snow turn into rain. i love the song, it makes me cry though.

12.Do you have a holiday office/staff Party? Husband does i have to go usually.

13.What is your holiday tradition? Family prayer thanking God for the real reason of the Holiday.

14.Angel or star atop your tree? angel

15.Do you re-gift? no

16.Do you buy gift cards instead of presents? i have

17.Ever been kissed under the mistletoe? yes

18.Do you REALLY like fruitcake? no




[edit on 1-12-2008 by Shar]

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Hey Shar! Happy Holidays!
I have but one Christmas song that reduces me to the level of a complete mushball every time I hear it. I couldn't find it on youtube.
Thing is..I rarely if ever, listen to Country music, but I heard this song one Holiday season, and that was it.
DOUG STONE
THREE LITTLE PENNIES


there was an old, blind man
who stood on the corner down town

he was holding a cup
filled up with nothing
from the Christmas shopping crowd
and though i barely came up to the top of his cane
i reached up and gave him
every cent to my name.

(chorus):
three little pennies.
were all that i had
one that I'd found
two from my dad
three little pennies not much of a gift
but Dad said "that's plenty, if it's all you can give."

that evening my dad told a wonderful story to me
about a child and the manger.
the wise men who came bearing gifts on the first Christmas eve.
there was a part I'm sure he made up
about a stable boy who couldn't give much..

(chorus)
three little pennies.
were all that he had
one that he'd found
two from his dad
three little pennies not much of a gift
but Dad said "that's plenty if it's all you can give."

next morning was Christmas
and i had prayed hard for a bike
but all that i found was the tiniest box
with three shiny pennies inside

and i was so disappointed because i had been good
but times had been bad so i understood.
and daddy said:

"three little pennies.
were all that you had
but you gave them freely
so i gave them back
three little pennies not much of a gift
you're bike is outside because you've learned how to give"